Tom, List,
Having done statistical consulting for nurse researchers I can tell you that "low birth-weight babies" and
"mother-infant communication" are two major areas of research and practice. In neither case is perinatal life quite so
halcyon as we'd like to imagine.
Regards,
Jon
On 7/17/2015 11:53 AM, Ozzie wrote:
Ben, list -
Thanks for your interesting comments. I will spend more time thinking about
them later today.
Let me briefly address one sentence from your comments: "I'd say that instincts can
also be triggered _inside_ the body, e.g., by prolonged emptiness of the stomach."
According to the common definition (interpretant) instincts are triggered by
things in the external world. Before birth, food is ALWAYS available to the
baby. After birth, and assuming an attentive mother (caregiver), food
continues to be available without any effort or reciprocation on the baby's
behalf. This goes on daily for many years, so not feeling hunger pains becomes
the norm, the expectation.
Against that backdrop, when food is withheld (by the external environment), one's
sensation of hunger (-) is a disturbance to the status quo (0), which summons the
instinct to do something (+) to make that "pain" go away. When something from
the environment is eaten (+), the sensation (-) disappears (0).
It is in this sense hunger pains and their elimination are related to
(triggered by) the individual's contact with the external world. If the
individual eats a full meal AND THEN feels hungry, I agree that particular
sensation has an *internal trigger (likely emotions or a physical disability).
Regards,
Tom Wyrick
On Jul 17, 2015, at 8:04 AM, Benjamin Udell <[email protected]> wrote:
Regarding some of your comments, I'd say that instincts can also be triggered
_inside_ the body, e.g., by prolonged emptiness of the stomach.
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